Now this is progress

Valve has been candid about Steam Greenlight not being where it ought to be yet. There’s been talk of wanting to fix bottlenecks in the system so that more games can get approved which, more recently, has resulted in more frequent, smaller batches. Today, the company is letting 100 titles through as a way to stress test backend improvements.

The full list isover here, but I’ll throw out some quick, I-just-woke-up highlights:Chroma Squad,C-Wars,Croixleur,Delver’s Drop,Escape Goat,Legend of Iya,Mutant Mudds,Oniken,Shantae: Risky’s Revenge,Super Amazing Wagon Adventure,Teslagrad, andToribash.

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“This latest milestone is both a celebration of the progress we’ve made behind the scenes and a stress test of our systems,” writes Valve. “Future batches are not likely to be as large, but if everything goes smoothly we should be able to continue increasing the throughput of games from Greenlight to the Steam store.”

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Indie game collage of Blue Prince, KARMA, and The Midnight Walk

Close up shot of Jackie in the Box

Silhouette of a man getting shot as Mick Carter stands behind cover